Clean It Up
UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: sonya on August 29, 2005, 05:24:25 pm
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hello everyone!
Does anyone charge a deposit on the jobs that they do for instance office, builders cleans and domestic? I have been scouting around and found that in london especially companies are charging as much as 50% as deposit. Is this outragous? Or not, surly this scares away business.
I wanted to put out a poll but can't seem to find the button..lol. If this topic is of any interest to anyone maybe they can find the poll button. cheers Sonya :-*
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HI Sonya,
I don’t charge commercial clients a deposit or builders cleans (unless it is a small unknown company).
The only time I will charge a deposit, is on a domestic clean and then I only charge, if I feel they are not likely to pay.
One example, was four weeks ago, I received a call from a couple who where ending their tenancy and where moving to Spain. The clean would take place after their move. My terms for this where, 50% deposit up front and confirmation from their estate agents, that the estate agents would settle the balance (out of their security deposit).
I did not get the clean, but that did not bother me, because I was sure they had every intention of not paying.
Hope this helps.
Andrew
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Thanks Andrew for replying. It's amazing to see so many companies in London asking for deposits. There must be a serious trust issue across London. cheers Sonya..